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Topic: spring into summer... (Read 76979 times)

With a little imagination, a wet cloth, and a breeze or electric fan, a lot can be done about this heat!

Yes I live in a rural area exactly 20 miles from the Indian Canyons of south Palm Springs near north Palm Springs. We are surrounded by Open Desert and many wild life preserves where I enjoy walking about... however this season only sees me walking at dawn or under the shade of an umbrella.Pleased to Meet you! My ancestors on one side of my family were early Americans in Windsor. Loomis is the last name.We have been long gone south and west more recent generations. Lemonade Cheers to the 4th of July To You! And All! Cali

Palm Springs is SO beautiful!We have been there twice. (about 4-6 years ago) Of course it was March, the "cooler" season but we had record heat on one visit (I think it was around 108 degrees) and the other visit it was very windy for several days. Steady strong winds.Seemed like the businesses were struggling in the downtown area. We stayed at Inndulge.Took the tram to the top of the mountain. So cool. Also drove around that same mountain. I think they filmed the opening scenes of Bonanza there? Explores canyons and deserts. Neat to see the microclimates.I would consider retirement in PS but not so sure I could handle the heat. Also not sure about the healthcare for us poz folks.As an avid gardener, I doubt I could get too excited about planting cactus but I guess that won't be an issue down the road a bit. Having a hard enough time keeping up with it here but it's hard to let go.geez, I'm writing a book! Have you lived there long?m.

Mitch, You have a very nice yard. It kind of makes me miss the nice things about Massachusetts.

Thanks! It has been a passion of mine my entire life. Maybe a titch OCD about it but to me it is a living work of art in collaboration with Mama Nature. Sometimes she can piss me off but generally we see eye to eye.

PS- She DOES seem to have a particular fondness for plants most of us would consider to be weeds.

I was born and grew up 30 miles from Palm Springs and left in 1977. I returned to Southern Ca. in 2003.

I think they like the "shabby effect" Palm Springs business has in Downtown lending to a "promiscuous" vice like atmosphere so folks will drink and eat more.... Kinda like "Slumming It". I hear of great wealth in the village.They just don't want to show too much of it. Just Joking... Not to tied to economic mindsets so I am not sure... but yes, lots of real estate opportunities here. I love the whole region including the coast. I never thought I would return. I enjoy the heat up to about 105 as long as it is not humid. ...and I have shade.

Today's Chore is Laundry and I am hanging the laundry to dry outside on the line. It took just 10 minutes or less to dry thick cotton today! I like the energy savings from not using an electric dryer. I admit Primal need to be outside and take advantage of the weather!All Year! Today Inside the thermostat stays put at 80 degrees and I am comfortable with little costume.Less laundry that way too.

I had a better doctor situation in an even smaller California town than Palm Springs before I decided to move here. I miss that Doctor. I am new here. Have I highjacked anything here? tee hee. You may PM me if You wish.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~ Oscar Wilde

I was born and grew up 30 miles from Palm Springs and left in 1977. I returned to Southern Ca. in 2003.

I think they like the "shabby effect" Palm Springs business has in Downtown lending to a "promiscuous" vice like atmosphere so folks will drink and eat more.... Kinda like "Slumming It". I hear of great wealth in the village.They just don't want to show too much of it. Just Joking... Not to tied to economic mindsets so I am not sure... but yes, lots of real estate opportunities here. I love the whole region including the coast. I never thought I would return. I enjoy the heat up to about 105 as long as it is not humid. ...and I have shade.

Today's Chore is Laundry and I am hanging the laundry to dry outside on the line. It took just 10 minutes or less to dry thick cotton today! I like the energy savings from not using an electric dryer. I admit Primal need to be outside and take advantage of the weather!All Year! Today Inside the thermostat stays put at 80 degrees and I am comfortable with little costume.Less laundry that way too.

I had a better doctor situation in an even smaller California town than Palm Springs before I decided to move here. I miss that Doctor. I am new here. Have I highjacked anything here? tee hee. You may PM me if You wish.

Very funny! Love your description of PS! And wearing "less costume" is cute.Highjacked THIS thread? LOL! It has become a mixmaster of alphabet soup. Can't really delve into HIV issues here as it is "off topic" but I would be interested to hear more in another area of the forum. Seems like PS is a big retirement community aka. "gays and grays" and hearing about your experiences would be helpful to myself and many others.

Ok...Since photobucket decided to post the wrong pic first...I bought a one gallon pot of the yellow Coreopsis about 12 years ago.Spreading like mad as you can see. Hope to get at least a few good ears of corn this year. (never planted corn before)

It's been so wet, (second wettest June on record here) hot and humid the past few days with more to come. Still can't complain after last winter.

I buy my corn that's been imported into the Wall-Mart mere blocks from here . Its 0.30 cents an ear and delicious .

The back of my yard was set up for growing veggies but the expense of raising my own didn't justify doing so . I planted the first year living here but it just wasn't for me .

I love your property , its like a post card and you can tell the love and attention you have put into it .

Thanks. OCD I guess.The nearest Walmart is a mere 17 miles away.I spent a grand total of $3.50 on manure and seeds for the corn crop. So, if I get 12 ears of corn and I'm ahead of the game by 10 cents. On the other hand...I spent the same amount on the peas and have reaped at least 10 pounds so far. Yaaaah! (and Huzzah!)It's really all about the challenge... and fresh stuff plucked a mere moment before eating it.Just wait til you see my cucumber crop.

Sometimes at my Walmart I can get my corn for 5 for $1. Which works for me since I don't have to fertilize, hoe (although I really don't mind the hoe'ing), plant, reep, and whatever else you farmers do.

Sometimes at my Walmart I can get my corn for 5 for $1. Which works for me since I don't have to fertilize, hoe (although I really don't mind the hoe'ing), plant, reep, and whatever else you farmers do.

Ok, there is a huge (huge) difference between homegrown tomatoes and store bought. What other fruits and veggies do y'all think are much better homegrown? I tried growing corn, but just got tiny corn. They looked like baby corn, even though they were suppose to be big. So, not sure if corn would taste much better. I suppose strawberries, but wasn't a huge difference, for me. We grow blackberries. They do seem to taste better than store bought, but not as much as tomatoes. If you did a taste test, I'm not sure most could tell the difference. We make jam with our blackberries. They are expensive in stores.

I want to know if a ripe banana will just blow your mind..lol. They are picked neon green for stores, obviously. I've always wanted a fresh-picked banana. Would it be so much better, like a fresh-picked tomato is?

MissP has quit the forums, and as such I've been tasked with dishing out the bitchiness around here. She has sent me all her files she has compiled on each of you over the past years. So bare with me as i brush up on them.

MissP has quit the forums, and as such I've been tasked with dishing out the bitchiness around here. She has sent me all her files she has compiled on each of you over the past years. So bare with me as i brush up on them.

Truly yours-Will

Lol. I use to think the note cards were just a joke. She said how she keeps notes on all of us. I thought it was a joke. However, I believe it now. She always seemed to be able to pull up, instantly, things members said in the past. She found my vacation pics and my pee-pee pic from a hook up site. I still don't know how she found that. I used a totally different screen name on that site. No identifying info. My face pic was a side profile pic, so it would have been difficult to look through all the Louisville profiles and pic me out of the photos. I think she works for the CIA. Perhaps that recent trip was a spy mission. And, that IPad belonged to a target.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Thanks again! I hope this doesn't come off as self indulgent. I really wanted to tell a bit of a story of "Gardening with Mitch" but am currently having problems posting more than one pic at a time. Ann is working on it. (or better said, Ann is getting the tech guys working on it)

Anyway, the sponsor of my episode (when I am able) will be my fertilizer company.MO. Their slogan is "The MO the Better".

Goodness Mitchypoo, aren't you guys suffering this heat wave also? I've only planted 5 lilies in my "Lily Garden" and it's all I can do to tend to them.

It's been too hot to spend time in the sun so I might have to return to tanning...in the damn summer time no less.

Wolfie

Yes, it's been H.O.T. hot! In the 90's for I think 6 days now with another to come tomorrow. (Today it's supposed to hit 98 degrees with high humidity.) Cooler weather to arrive on Sunday. I don't do much in the garden in this heat. Might putter for a bit early in the morning but today it was 93 degrees at 9:30 AM!

The peas are done for the season...finally! I think I picked about 20-25 pounds!! The garlic was harvested 2 days ago. It always puts a smile on my face. <see.Behind the garlic is rainbow swiss chard. Had some for dinner the other day. Swiss chard, BACON, onion, garlic, hot pepper flakes, and balsamic vinegar. Sautéed. Yum!

The corn and tomatoes love this heat!Corn Fun Fact: many of you probably knew this but I didn't...Each strand of corn silk corresponds to a kernel of corn. If a strand of silk doesn't get "lucky" the cob will be missing that kernel. So sad. My favorite tomato is "Brandywine". An Heirloom variety. Big and juicy with great tomato flavor. Hope to get a few in a couple of weeks.

That's my old car. still love it. 2004 and it had 60,000 miles on it a year ago when I got my "new" used car.Kenny's truck was getting up in miles. He still has it for Big Green Egg deliveries (and brush) but uses the Volvo now.Better gas mileage.

Yes, it's a speaker and I DO play "Dancing Queen". I pick up the pooch in my arms and dance the night away! Then Kenny will take the lead... with Oliver. He (Oliver) loves it.The excitement never ends around here.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

The corn and tomatoes love this heat!Corn Fun Fact: many of you probably knew this but I didn't...Each strand of corn silk corresponds to a kernel of corn. If a strand of silk doesn't get "lucky" the cob will be missing that kernel. So sad. My favorite tomato is "Brandywine". An Heirloom variety. Big and juicy with great tomato flavor. Hope to get a few in a couple of weeks.

Gardener Mitch signing out .

This episode was sponsored by MO. Remember... "MO is better"

Ok, Mitch. Let's test your knowledge, without google. When I was in middle school, I worked 2 summers detasselling corn. Man, that was some of the hardest work. Well, picking up hay bails from the field and stacking them in a barn was also very hard work. With the corn, we would start about 6am, walking the corn fields and pulling out the tassels, or whatever they're called. I didn't even know the reason for it, at the time. They always hired young kids to do it. Lucky kids got to ride on this machine, where you don't have to walk the field. The farmers were suppose to always have our water at the end of the row, but so many times we would have to wait until we returned to where we started. We would get desperate and suck on the liquid in the tassels we removed. In the morning, we would be soaking wet from all the dew, and then soaking wet from the heat.

Ok, Mitch. Let's test your knowledge, without google. When I was in middle school, I worked 2 summers detasselling corn. Man, that was some of the hardest work. Well, picking up hay bails from the field and stacking them in a barn was also very hard work. With the corn, we would start about 6am, walking the corn fields and pulling out the tassels, or whatever they're called. I didn't even know the reason for it, at the time. They always hired young kids to do it. Lucky kids got to ride on this machine, where you don't have to walk the field. The farmers were suppose to always have our water at the end of the row, but so many times we would have to wait until we returned to where we started. We would get desperate and suck on the liquid in the tassels we removed. In the morning, we would be soaking wet from all the dew, and then soaking wet from the heat.

So, what is the purpose for detasselling corn?

OK. I promise I didn't google it although I have been looking at a few youtube videos about hand pollinating corn since I only had space to plant 2 rows.My guess (probably wrong) is that it might have something to do with trying to prevent cross pollination of different varieties of corn. (leaving a several rows of corn detasselled between varieties)Again, I'm probably wrong but I did see that on youtube .

Growing up in Minnesota all of the kids were paid pretty well to do this. Not me. I was to wimpy to consider it. I stayed home and played ping pong instead. We lived in farm country although my parents didn't farm the land. Out in the boonies. We had a large barn with 4 Morgan horses so I did more than my fair share of hard work. Hay bails. UGH! AND I think I got paid 50 cents an hour from my parents to clean out the manure from the stalls. It was a BIG job! I saved my money to buy my own black and white TV... 9" diagonal screen. Yay!We also had exotic chickens, mallard ducks, guinea hens, rabbits, a Saint Bernard and a Siamese cat.Plenty of work!

BTW-Fun fact about eggs...I used to collect the eggs from the chicken coop and on the short walk back to the house I would throw the eggs as high as possible into the air to land on the lawn. Unless the egg lands on a bare spot, twig, or stone, the egg will not break! It always amazed me.

UGH! AND I think I got paid 50 cents an hour from my parents to clean out the manure from the stalls. It was a BIG job!

Oh please Nancies, Why dont yall talk to me when at age 16 you and 3 farm workers (who couldn't speak english) had to unload an 18 wheeler of hay and stack it in the barn. Took all day. And guess what I got paid...nothing. I was earning the right to live under my parents roof

I was overjoyed when I had to only muck the horse stalls, a much easier job I think this is why I love the smell of horse manure even today

Oh please Nancies, Why dont yall talk to me when at age 16 you and 3 farm workers (who couldn't speak english) had to unload an 18 wheeler of hay and stack it in the barn. Took all day. And guess what I got paid...nothing. I was earning the right to live under my parents roof

I was overjoyed when I had to only muck the horse stalls, a much easier job I think this is why I love the smell of horse manure even today

I didn't get paid for hauling hay into the barn and while it was probably only 1/2 of an 18 wheeler the "crew" was Mom, Dad, me and the farmer who delivered the load. I think I weighed about 115 lbs. at the time.PLUS... we had to walk 1/4 mile each morning through snow and ice in below zero weather in the winter to catch the school bus.(I hear you laughing. .)